Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: A augmentedA
Difficulty: Intermediate
Chorus:
A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD
By the time you get this note
B minorBm E MajorE A augmentedA
We'll no longer be alive
A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD
We'll have all gone up in smoke
B minorBm E MajorE A augmentedA
There'll be no way to reply
FF G+G D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD
You'll be wondering about the world that vanished long ago
F# minorF#m E MajorE D MajorD
And the words that reach you now
D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA
That were buried underground
Verse:
A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD B minorBm E MajorE A augmentedA
Greetings to everyone in Nineteen Thirty-Seven
A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD B minorBm E MajorE A augmentedA
It seems that you were never aware that we were here
FF G+G D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD
You're probably too busy re-joicing in the present
F# minorF#m E MajorE D MajorD D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA
To stop - and be reminded of the dark and troubled past
Chorus:
A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD
By the time you get this note
B minorBm E MajorE A augmentedA
We'll no longer be alive
A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD
But our skulls are smiling still
B minorBm E MajorE A augmentedA
At the thought of things to come
FF G+G D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD
We can confidently know that you'll enjoy a better world
F# minorF#m E MajorE D MajorD
When the evils that we faced
D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA
Will at last be laid to rest
Bridge:
F# minorF#m B minorBm
When the poisons of the Earth
C#C# F# minorF#m
Are completely neutralized
F# minorF#m B minorBm
When the hatred and the lies
C#C# F# minorF#m
Are forever put aside
D MajorD E MajorE BB C#C# F# minorF#m A augmentedA BB
When the voices of dissent and contradiction all abate
D MajorD F# minorF#m B minorBm
And the peaceful air is filled
B minorBm C#C# F# minorF#m
With a silent harmony
Verse:
A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD B minorBm E MajorE A augmentedA
We can't be certain at the moment of this writing
A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD B minorBm E MajorE A augmentedA
But surely in the future there'll be no barking dogs
FF G+G D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD
The sound of crying babies will be thankfully forgotten
F# minorF#m E MajorE D MajorD D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA
No more will the chattering classes make a noise
Chorus:
A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD
By the time you get this note
B minorBm E MajorE A augmentedA
A majorA millenium from now
A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD
We'll have all gone up in smoke
B minorBm E MajorE A augmentedA
There'll be no way to reply
A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD
And we confidently know
B minorBm E MajorE A augmentedA
You'll enjoy a better time
A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD
When the evils that we faced
B minorBm E MajorE A augmentedA
Will at last be laid to rest